Kenner's Driftwood neighborhood's Krewe of Driftwood parade ignites Mardi Gras spirit with community-made floats and a block ...

Then the decorating begins. Mardi Gras hasn't been canceled in more than 40 years. But for local artists, the house-float trend has been a "reversal of fortune." More from News Mardi Gras hasn't ...

Fletchinger said her family’s company started by producing stuffed animals that are prizes in penny arcade claw machines.

Narrator: What would Mardi Gras in New Orleans be without the ... Then the team will assemble the props and decorations on the float beds. After 50 weeks of meticulous work from the artists ...

René Pierre's company usually looks after 75 floats during Mardi Gras and he has managed to get contracts to build 53 house floats. "My wife and I were trying to sleep one night, and we kept ...